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The Ukrainian Port Authority and the port of Batumi (Georgia) will share experiences on strategic port development, attraction of investments, and implementation of quality systems in the port operations and shipping safety.
Singapore will advise Ukraine on development of the port industry. Representatives of the two countries exchanged views on improvement of the bilateral legal framework in the area of maritime merchant shipping and air traffic.
The European Union and Ukraine have reached a joint decision to postpone the Ukraine-EU summit that was scheduled for in Brussels on 19 May for several reasons.
Ukrainian airlines increased passenger transportation by 11.3% to 1.258 million in the period of January-March 2016, compared with the corresponding period of 2015.
A Common Aviation Area agreement between Ukraine and the European Union (the so-called Open Skies agreement) could be signed in July, Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelian said during an infrastructure forum in Kyiv.
Direct flights between Kyiv and Bucharest will be resumed soon, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said.
Ukraine has become the chair of the international organization Lower Danube Euroregion for the period of 2016-2017.
Until his appointment, Omelian was the deputy minister of infrastructure and the Ministry of Infrastructure’s chief of staff.
Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelian, who is currently the acting Minister of Infrastructure, was proposed as the Minister of Infrastructure.
Ukraine’s trade volume halved to USD 75 billion in 2015 compared with the volume five years ago.
Tesla Motors, an American manufacturer electric cars, plans to build a Supercharger charging station in Chisinau (Moldova) before the end of 2016. The same point is to appear in Ukraine this year.
Dart, a Ukrainian airline based at the Kyiv (Zhuliany) airport, will launch regular flights to Athens on 3 June, offering a ticket price of USD 20.
The restrictions on the frequency of regular flights between Poland and Ukraine have been lifted. The press service of the Polish Civil Aviation Authority announced this.
The volume of cargo transhipment at Ukrainian seaports reduced of by 10.5% to 32.073 million tons in the period of January-March this year, compared with the same period last year.
Japan is interested in creating a joint venture for production of locomotives in Ukraine. Japanese side paid attention to cooperation in the area of seaports.
RegioJet, Czech carrier, sees Ukraine as one of the possible countries to expand its bus services
Active commercialization and privatization of stevedoring assets will allow attraction of about USD 2 billion in investments and modern technologies.
The State Fishery Agency is considering privatization of Ukraine’s ocean fishing vessels. The agency’s head Yarema Kovaliv announced this in a statement.